Jacob Stein
Antique Jacob Steiner School Cremonae Violin, Bow & Case C1900
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Jacob Steiner School Cremonae Violin, Bow & Case C1900
Measures - 31.5"H x 10"W x 5.5"D
Category
Early 20th Century Musical Instruments
Materials
Wood
Pair of armchairs "Corb" by ARP studio for Steiner, France, 1950s
By Studio A.R.P. (Joseph-André Motte, Michel Mortier and Pierre Guariche)
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of armchairs "Corb" by ARP Studio for Steiner editions, France, 1950s
Wood model created in
Category
Vintage 1950s French Armchairs
Materials
Wool, Wood
Untitled (Verve No. 29-30) /// Modern Pablo Picasso Lithograph Figurative Nude
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Gertrude and Leo Stein, as well as two dealers, Ambroise Vollard and Berthe Weill
Category
1950s Cubist Nude Prints
Materials
Lithograph
3 Jewish Men Judaica Woodblock Woodcut Engraving Print Chicago 1930s WPA Artist
By Todros Geller
Located in Surfside, FL
, anglicized as L.M. Stein in his English language correspondence). Shteyn and Geller shared a similar ideology
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
People Also Browsed
after Pablo Picasso - The Human Comedy - Heliogravure
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
A vintage heliogravure after Spanish artist Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) titled "La Comedie Humaine", 1954.
Published by Verve, Paris France 1954.
Produced from Picasso's sketches fro...
Category
1950s Modern Nude Prints
H 12.25 in W 9.5 in D 0.1 in
Two Nudes, State I (Corlett 285), Roy Lichtenstein
By Roy Lichtenstein
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997)
Title: Two Nudes, State I (Corlett 285)
Year: 1994
Edition: 10, plus proofs
Medium: Relief print in colors on Rives BFK mold-made paper
Size: 48 ...
Category
1990s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Pablo Picasso, "Three Colour Profile", original lithograph, hand signed
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Pablo Picasso
"Three Colour Profile"
1956
Image Size: 16.5 x 20 inches
Three colour litho on transfer
From the edition of 50 numbered and signed proofs
Picasso Lithographs- Fernand M...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Figur with Female Nude- lithograph by Pablo Picasso from Verve Series from 1954
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Hamburg, DE
"Figure with Female Nude" is an oroginal lithograph taken from Picasso's Verve 29/30 series in 1954. It is printed by Mourlot in Paris, not signed, but from the same lithographic sto...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 22.05 in W 25.99 in D 1.19 in
Antique Jacob Strainer Violin, Bow & Case, 19th C
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Jacob Strainer Violin, Bow & Case, 19th C
Measures- 31''H x 11''W x 4.5''D
Category
Antique 19th Century Musical Instruments
Materials
Wood
1940s Signed Realist WPA Banana Flower Oil Painting
Located in Miami, FL
1940s Signed Realist WPA Banana Flower Oil Painting
Offered for sale is a stunning 1940s realist WPA oil painting oil on board. The painting is signed and the subject is a new flow...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Paintings
Materials
Wood, Masonite, Paint
Antique French Regence Violin Vitrine
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French Regence Violin Vitrine was crafted from hand-select hardwoods with a casework that resembles the form of a bass violin. The style is akin to a Louis XV style but with...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Vitrines
Materials
Brass
Joseph-Andre Motte Tongue Model 771 Chairs for Steiner
By Joseph-André Motte
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of dining chairs by Joseph-Andre Motte the model 771 Tongue Chair reupholstered in tan suede. Black enameled steel base and legs.
These chairs were designed in 1954 by Joseph-An...
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Steel
Joseph André Motte Saber Chairs in Rattan, 1954
By Joseph-André Motte
Located in Grenoble, FR
Joseph-André Motte
Sabre chairs, 1954
Rattan, foam, fabric
Measures: 27.17 H x 29.13 x 25.2 inches.
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Rattan
Vintage Dutch Wooden Ebonized Violin Case, circa 1910
Located in Markington, GB
Vintage ebonized violin case, circa 1910.
Category
Vintage 1910s Dutch Arts and Crafts Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
"Two Reclining Nudes" Lithograph on Paper, Figurative, Female Nudes
By Philip Pearlstein
Located in Detroit, MI
"Two Reclining Nudes" is an exceptional Lithograph of Pearlstein's Realistic style. The nudes are posed reclining, neither engaged with either each other or the viewer, and give the ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Nude Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Joseph-André Motte, Sideboard in Blond Ash, 1950s
By Joseph-André Motte
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Joseph-André Motte, signed.
Sideboard in blond ash, opening on the front with three side doors, rectangular in shape with a central shelf in each part, resting on a black lacquere...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Sideboards
Materials
Metal
Endre László Szász for Hollohaza Porcelain Violin
By Endre Szasz
Located in Delft, NL
Endre László Szász for hollohaza porcelain violin, Hungary 1979-1980.
A Hungarian porcelain violin on a round stand with a brown painted scene on the front of grapes and vines and...
Category
20th Century Hungarian Musical Instruments
Materials
Porcelain
Four Chairs by Joseph Andre Motte, France, 1950s
By Joseph-André Motte
Located in Echt, NL
Set of four chairs in very good condition.
Designed by Joseph Andre Motte in the 1950s
The chairs can be used separately but can also be combined to form a four-seat sofa.
They a...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Original Antique French Advertising Poster The Frisco Theatre Play Louis Galice
By Louis Galice
Located in London, GB
Original antique advertising poster for a play - The Frisco - featuring artwork by the French artist Louis Galice (1864-1935) of a lady in a fashionable red dress and white hat carry...
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Posters
Materials
Paper
H 53.94 in W 38.19 in D 0.04 in
"770" Armchair by Joseph-André Motte for Steiner, France, 1950s
By Joseph-André Motte
Located in Paris, FR
"770" Armchair and Ottoman by Joseph-André Motte for Steiner, France, 1950s.
Reupholstered with Pierre Frey fabric "Judith".
Category
Vintage 1950s French Armchairs
Materials
Metal
Recent Sales
Pierre Tal-Coat 'Young Women and a Flower Pot' Mid-20th Century Oil on Canvas
By Pierre Tal-Coat
Located in Bergamo, IT
Pierre Tal-Coat (real name Pierre Louis Jacob; 1905–1985) was a French artist considered to be one of the
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Paint
H 21.46 in W 15.36 in D 0.79 in
Old Master Drawing by Jean Baptiste Huet I (1745-1811): Putti and a Young Satyr
Located in Gouda, NL
: die bildenden Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker, Munich 1992- , vol. 75, p. 374.
2. Perrin Stein a.o
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Free Shipping
H 4.57 in W 6.78 in
Gold and Ruby Rudolf Steiner Ring
Located in Amsterdam, NL
became a devout follower. Bertha Meyer-Jacobs authored several books on Rudolf Steiner’s work and ideas
Category
Vintage 1930s Austrian Solitaire Rings
Materials
Ruby, Gold, 22k Gold
Sunflowers. 'Bateau-Lavoir' Movement Oil on Board, Hommage to Van Gogh.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Max Jacob. The building was dark and dirty, almost seeming to be a scrap pile rather than a dwelling
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Untitled (Revue Verve)
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
1904, and his circle of friends soon included Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Gertrude and Leo Stein
Category
1950s Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled (Revue Verve)
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
1904, and his circle of friends soon included Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Gertrude and Leo Stein
Category
1950s Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled (Revue Verve)
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
1904, and his circle of friends soon included Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Gertrude and Leo Stein
Category
1950s Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled (Revue Verve)
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
1904, and his circle of friends soon included Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Gertrude and Leo Stein
Category
1950s Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Cavalier
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
circle of friends soon included Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Gertrude and Leo Stein, as well as two
Category
1960s Cubist Animal Prints
Materials
Intaglio, Photogravure
La Comedie Humaine
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
included Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Gertrude and Leo Stein, as well as two dealers, Ambroise Vollard
Category
1950s Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled (Revue Verve)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
1904, and his circle of friends soon included Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Gertrude and Leo Stein
Category
1950s Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
La Comedie Humaine
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Paris in April 1904, and his circle of friends soon included Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Gertrude
Category
1950s Cubist Nude Prints
Materials
Photogravure, Intaglio
La Comedie Humaine
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
circle of friends soon included Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Gertrude and Leo Stein, as well as two
Category
1950s Cubist Nude Prints
Materials
Intaglio, Photogravure
La Comedie Humaine
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
circle of friends soon included Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Gertrude and Leo Stein, as well as two
Category
1950s Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Intaglio, Photogravure
La Comedie Humaine
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Gertrude and Leo Stein, as well as two dealers, Ambroise Vollard and Berthe Weill
Category
1950s Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
La Comedie Humaine
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Jacob, Gertrude and Leo Stein, as well as two dealers, Ambroise Vollard and Berthe Weill.
His style
Category
1950s Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
La Comedie Humaine
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Paris in April 1904, and his circle of friends soon included Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Gertrude
Category
1950s Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Intaglio, Photogravure
La Comedie Humaine
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
circle of friends soon included Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Gertrude and Leo Stein, as well as two
Category
1950s Cubist Nude Prints
Materials
Intaglio, Photogravure
La Comedie Humaine
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Paris in April 1904, and his circle of friends soon included Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Gertrude
Category
1950s Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Photogravure, Intaglio
La Comedie Humaine
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
circle of friends soon included Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Gertrude and Leo Stein, as well as two
Category
1950s Cubist Nude Prints
Materials
Intaglio, Photogravure
La Comedie Humaine
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Paris in April 1904, and his circle of friends soon included Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Gertrude
Category
1950s Cubist Nude Prints
Materials
Intaglio, Photogravure
La Comedie Humaine
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Paris in April 1904, and his circle of friends soon included Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Gertrude
Category
1950s Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Intaglio, Photogravure
La Comedie Humaine
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Paris in April 1904, and his circle of friends soon included Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Gertrude
Category
1950s Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Intaglio, Photogravure
La Comedie Humaine
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Paris in April 1904, and his circle of friends soon included Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Gertrude
Category
1950s Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Intaglio, Photogravure
La Comedie Humaine
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Paris in April 1904, and his circle of friends soon included Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Gertrude
Category
1950s Cubist Nude Prints
Materials
Intaglio, Photogravure
La Comedie Humaine
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Paris in April 1904, and his circle of friends soon included Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Gertrude
Category
1950s Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Intaglio, Photogravure
La Comedie Humaine
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Paris in April 1904, and his circle of friends soon included Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Gertrude
Category
1950s Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Intaglio, Photogravure
La Comedie Humaine
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Paris in April 1904, and his circle of friends soon included Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Gertrude
Category
1950s Cubist Nude Prints
Materials
Intaglio, Photogravure
La Comedie Humaine
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Paris in April 1904, and his circle of friends soon included Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Gertrude
Category
1950s Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Intaglio, Photogravure
La Comedie Humaine
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
circle of friends soon included Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Gertrude and Leo Stein, as well as two
Category
1950s Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Intaglio, Photogravure
La Comedie Humaine
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Paris in April 1904, and his circle of friends soon included Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Gertrude
Category
1950s Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Intaglio, Photogravure
La Comedie Humaine
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Paris in April 1904, and his circle of friends soon included Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Gertrude
Category
1950s Cubist Nude Prints
Materials
Intaglio, Photogravure
La Comedie Humaine
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
circle of friends soon included Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Gertrude and Leo Stein, as well as two
Category
1950s Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Intaglio, Photogravure
La Comedie Humaine
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
circle of friends soon included Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Gertrude and Leo Stein, as well as two
Category
1950s Cubist Nude Prints
Materials
Intaglio, Photogravure
La Comedie Humaine
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
circle of friends soon included Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Gertrude and Leo Stein, as well as two
Category
1950s Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Intaglio, Photogravure
La Comedie Humaine
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Paris in April 1904, and his circle of friends soon included Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Gertrude
Category
1950s Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Intaglio, Photogravure
La Comedie Humaine
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Paris in April 1904, and his circle of friends soon included Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Gertrude
Category
1950s Cubist Nude Prints
Materials
Intaglio, Photogravure
La Comedie Humaine
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Paris in April 1904, and his circle of friends soon included Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Gertrude
Category
1950s Cubist Nude Prints
Materials
Photogravure, Intaglio
View of La Crau with Tree in the Foreground by Vincent van Gogh
By Vincent van Gogh
Located in New Orleans, LA
Ronald Pickvance)
References:
Jacob-Baart de la Faille, L'Œuvre de Vincent van Gogh: catalogue raisonné
Category
19th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen, Pencil
H 21.88 in W 28.63 in D 1.75 in
3 Jewish Men Judaica Woodblock Woodcut Engraving Print Chicago 1930s WPA Artist
By Todros Geller
Located in Surfside, FL
, anglicized as L.M. Stein in his English language correspondence). Shteyn and Geller shared a similar ideology
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Mai Thu - Femme à sa toilette - Original Lithography
By Mai Thu
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
, Los Angeles, CA, US
2010-2011
Mai-Thu Perret - An Ideal For Living (curated by Jacob Proctor
Materials
Lithograph
Sunflowers. 'Bateau-Lavoir' Movement Oil on Board, Hommage to Van Gogh.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Max Jacob. The building was dark and dirty, almost seeming to be a scrap pile rather than a dwelling
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
1 bid
No Reserve
H 14 in W 12 in D 1.5 in
'Margeurites' Early 20th Century 'Bateau Lavoir' Still Life, Oil on Board.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Max Jacob. The building was dark and dirty, almost seeming to be a scrap pile rather than a dwelling
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Fumer III
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Palm Desert, CA
,
Picasso shared lodgings with the poet and journalist Max Jacob, with whom he lived
the Bohemian lifestyle
Category
1960s Figurative Prints
Materials
Aquatint
Offer of Love
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Gertrude and Leo Stein, as well as two dealers, Ambroise Vollard and Berthe Weill
Category
1950s Cubist Nude Prints
Materials
Black and White
Casual Romance
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Gertrude and Leo Stein, as well as two dealers, Ambroise Vollard and Berthe Weill
Category
1950s Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Black and White
Human Comedy #10
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
circle of friends soon included Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Gertrude and Leo Stein, as well as two
Category
1950s Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Black and White
Human Comedy #11
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
circle of friends soon included Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Gertrude and Leo Stein, as well as two
Category
1950s Cubist Nude Prints
Materials
Black and White
Untitled (Revue Verve)
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
1904, and his circle of friends soon included Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Gertrude and Leo Stein
Category
1950s Cubist Nude Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Toros en Vallauris
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
circle of friends soon included Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Gertrude and Leo Stein, as well as two
Category
1950s Cubist Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving, Linocut
The Departure
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
circle of friends soon included Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Gertrude and Leo Stein, as well as two
Category
1960s Cubist Animal Prints
Materials
Intaglio, Photogravure
La Comedie Humaine
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
1904, and his circle of friends soon included Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Gertrude and Leo Stein
Category
1950s Cubist Nude Prints
Materials
Intaglio, Photogravure
La Comedie Humaine
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Paris in April 1904, and his circle of friends soon included Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Gertrude
Category
1950s Cubist Nude Prints
Materials
Intaglio, Photogravure
La Comedie Humaine
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Paris in April 1904, and his circle of friends soon included Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Gertrude
Category
1950s Cubist Nude Prints
Materials
Intaglio, Photogravure
La Comedie Humaine
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Paris in April 1904, and his circle of friends soon included Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Gertrude
Category
1950s Cubist Nude Prints
Materials
Intaglio, Photogravure
La Comedie Humaine
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
circle of friends soon included Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Gertrude and Leo Stein, as well as two
Category
1950s Cubist Nude Prints
Materials
Intaglio, Photogravure
La Comedie Humaine
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Gertrude and Leo Stein, as well as two dealers, Ambroise Vollard and Berthe Weill
Category
1950s Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
La Comedie Humaine
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Paris in April 1904, and his circle of friends soon included Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Gertrude
Category
1950s Cubist Nude Prints
Materials
Intaglio, Photogravure
La Comedie Humaine
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Jacob, Gertrude and Leo Stein, as well as two dealers, Ambroise Vollard and Berthe Weill.
His style
Category
1950s Cubist Nude Prints
Materials
Lithograph
La Comedie Humaine
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
1904, and his circle of friends soon included Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Gertrude and Leo Stein
Category
1950s Cubist Nude Prints
Materials
Intaglio, Photogravure
Get Updated with New Arrivals
Save "Jacob Stein", and we’ll notify you when there are new listings in this category.
Finding the Right prints-works-on-paper for You
Decorating with fine art prints — whether they’re figurative prints, abstract prints or another variety — has always been a practical way of bringing a space to life as well as bringing works by an artist you love into your home.
Pursued in the 1960s and ’70s, largely by Pop artists drawn to its associations with mass production, advertising, packaging and seriality, as well as those challenging the primacy of the Abstract Expressionist brushstroke, printmaking was embraced in the 1980s by painters and conceptual artists ranging from David Salle and Elizabeth Murray to Adrian Piper and Sherrie Levine.
Printmaking is the transfer of an image from one surface to another. An artist takes a material like stone, metal, wood or wax, carves, incises, draws or otherwise marks it with an image, inks or paints it and then transfers the image to a piece of paper or other material.
Fine art prints are frequently confused with their more commercial counterparts. After all, our closest connection to the printed image is through mass-produced newspapers, magazines and books, and many people don’t realize that even though prints are editions, they start with an original image created by an artist with the intent of reproducing it in a small batch. Fine art prints are created in strictly limited editions — 20 or 30 or maybe 50 — and are always based on an image created specifically to be made into an edition.
Many people think of revered Dutch artist Rembrandt as a painter but may not know that he was a printmaker as well. His prints have been preserved in time along with the work of other celebrated printmakers such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Andy Warhol. These fine art prints are still highly sought after by collectors.
“It’s another tool in the artist’s toolbox, just like painting or sculpture or anything else that an artist uses in the service of mark making or expressing him- or herself,” says International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) vice president Betsy Senior, of New York’s Betsy Senior Fine Art, Inc.
Because artist’s editions tend to be more affordable and available than his or her unique works, they’re more accessible and can be a great opportunity to bring a variety of colors, textures and shapes into a space.
For tight corners, select small fine art prints as opposed to the oversized bold piece you’ll hang as a focal point in the dining area. But be careful not to choose something that is too big for your space. And feel free to lean into it if need be — not every work needs picture-hanging hooks. Leaning a larger fine art print against the wall behind a bookcase can add a stylish installation-type dynamic to your living room. (Read more about how to arrange wall art here.)
Find fine art prints for sale on 1stDibs today.